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Today’s featured Chinese idiom is 「白面儒生」, and its meaning and usage are explained below.
Just like a pale-faced scholar. Refers to a scholar who only knows how to read, has little experience and shallow knowledge. Sometimes it has a derogatory meaning. It also refers to scholars in general.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
bái miàn rú shēng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
baak6 min6/min2 yu4 saang1/sang1
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